Species Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792)

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Species Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792)

Southern Greater Glider

Didelphis volans Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; Class 1. Mammalia, containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the Mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young; being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Together with numerous additions from more recent zoological writers, and illustrated with copper plates. London : J. Murray & R. Faulder 1 Pt 1 xl 400 pp. 9 pls. [199] [based on 'Black Flying Opossum' of Anon. in Phillip, A. 1789. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments. To which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries embellished with fifty five copper plates, the maps and charts taken from actual surveys, & the plans and views drawn on the spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. London : J. Stockdale lxxiv 298 pp.; confused in early years with Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791; see McKay, G.M. 1982. Nomenclature of the gliding possum genera Petaurus and Petauroides (Marsupialia: Petauridae). Australian Mammalogy 5: 37–39].
Type data:
Status unknown, vicinity of Sydney, NSW (as New South Wales).
Secondary source:
Phillip, A. 1789. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments. To which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries embellished with fifty five copper plates, the maps and charts taken from actual surveys, & the plans and views drawn on the spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. London : J. Stockdale lxxiv 298 pp.; McKay, G.M. 1982. Nomenclature of the gliding possum genera Petaurus and Petauroides (Marsupialia: Petauridae). Australian Mammalogy 5: 37-39.
Didelphis voluccella Meyer, F.A.A. 1793. Systematisch-Summarische Uebersicht der neuesten Zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika. Nebst zwey andern Zoologischen Abhandlungen. Leipzig : Dykischen Buchhandlung 184 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [26] [on same basis as Didelphis volans Kerr, 1792].
Type data:
Status unknown, NSW.
Didelphis macroura Shaw, C. 1794. Zoology of New Holland. London : J. Sowerby. [33].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, vicinity of Sydney, NSW (as New Holland).
Voluccella nigra Bechstein, J.M. 1800. Thomas Pennant's allgemeine Uebersicht der vierfüssigen Thiere.Aus dem englischen übersetzt aud mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen von J.M. Bechstein. Weimar : Industrie-Comptoir's Vol. 2 xi 323-768 pls 35-54. [351] [based on both 'Black flying' possum Phillip (1789) and 'Hepoona Roo' of Hunter in White (1790)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW.
Petaurus taguanoides Anonymous 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle edition presqu’entièrement refondue et considérarablement augmentée; avec des figures tirées des trois règnes de la nature. Paris : Deterville Vol. 25. [Date published 26 Dec. 1818] [400].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 189, vicinity of Sydney, NSW (as New South Wales).
Subsequent designation references:
Beaufort, F. de 1966. Catalogue des types des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. VI Monotremata. VII Marsupialia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 38(5): 509-553.
Petaurus peronii Anonymous 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle edition presqu’entièrement refondue et considérarablement augmentée; avec des figures tirées des trois règnes de la nature. Paris : Deterville Vol. 25. [Date published 26 Dec. 1818] [404].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 200 ♂ skin, Sydney, NSW (as New Holland).
Subsequent designation references:
Beaufort, F. de 1966. Catalogue des types des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. VI Monotremata. VII Marsupialia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 38(5): 509-553.
Petaurus didelphoides Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1825. Des Dents des Mammifères considérées comme Charactères Zoologiques (1821–1825). Paris : F.-G. Levrault iv 259-103 pls. [129].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, 'Australie'.
Petaurus maximus Partington, C.F. 1837. The British Cyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences (Literature, history, geography, law and politics. Natural history. Biography). London Vol. 3. [424] [nom. nud.; reference as quoted by Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122; p. 424 of Vol. 3 contains no reference to this or any other mammal].
Secondary source:
Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.
Petauroides volans incanus Thomas, O. 1923. On some Queensland Phalangeridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 246-250 [1 Feb. 1923] [247].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1922.12.29.19 ♂ adult skin & skull, Eidsvold, QLD.
Petauroides volans armillatus Thomas, O. 1923. On some Queensland Phalangeridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 246-250 [1 Feb. 1923] [248].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.12.2 ♂ adult skin & skull (holotype is one of the syntypes of Petaurista volans minor Collett, 1887), Coomooboolaroo Station, 25 km SW of Duaringa, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Generic Combinations

Voluccella macroura (Shaw, 1794). —
Bechstein, J.M. 1800. Thomas Pennant's allgemeine Uebersicht der vierfüssigen Thiere.Aus dem englischen übersetzt aud mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen von J.M. Bechstein. Weimar : Industrie-Comptoir's Vol. 2 xi 323-768 pls 35-54.
Phalangista macroura (Shaw, 1794). —
Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Tierreich eingeheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der Vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier Staatsgrath von Fransreich und beständiger Secretär der Academie der Wissenschaften U.S.W. Aus dem Französischen frey übersetzt und mit vielen Zusätzen versehen. Säugethiere und Vögel. Stuttgart : J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung.
Petaurista macroura (Shaw, 1794). —
Desmarest, A.G. 1820. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Livr. 89. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Premiere partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. Paris : V. Agasse 1-276 pp. suppl. pls 1-14.
Petaurus macrourus (Shaw, 1794). —
Desmarest, A.G. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d´Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Deterville Vol. 25 400-404 pp.
Petaurus niger (Bechstein, 1800). —
Oken, L. 1816. Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Th. 3, Zoologie, Abth. 2, Fleischthiere. Jena : August Schmid xvi + 1270 pp.
Petaurista taguanoides (Desmarest, 1817). —
Desmarest, A.G. 1820. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Livr. 89. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Premiere partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. Paris : V. Agasse 1-276 pp. suppl. pls 1-14.
Schoinobates volans volans (Kerr, 1792). —
Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [29]
Phalanger volans (Kerr, 1792). —
Lacépède, B.-G. 1801. [title]. Mémoires de l'Institut de Paris iii
Petaurista volans (Kerr, 1792). —
Thomas, O. 1885. Phalanger. In The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. Edinburgh : Adam & Charles Black Vol. 18 (9th Edition) 18. 727-729 pp.
Pataurus volans (Kerr, 1792). —
Thomas, O. 1879. On Robert Kerr's translation of the 'Systema Naturae' of Linnaeus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(5): 396-397
Phalangista volans (Kerr, 1792). —
Desmarest, A.G. 1803. Nouveau Dictionnaire d´Histoire Naturelle Vol. 17 Paris : Deterville. 381 pp.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)